My guess would be floor standing speakers to go with the bookshelves and the LCR. It would seem that Outlaw only sells one of everything except the 970 and 990. But as Gonk has pointed out, it would "fit with movies" so it might be a stretch. In any event, it is exciting to see what is up and coming.

Except for the part about loving movies I would have guessed a standalone phono preamp based on the 2150. Sigh.

A better 2009 to all.

Tactile transducer !!

My guess is some sort of outboard digital consumer level processor. Possibly involving the guts of the 997 (e.g. multiple HDMI inputs and a mic input) and 7 channel analog output at line level).

This would meet the needs of those who have older systems that cannot process the new signal formats but have analog input. It would also work for those who want to run a home theater bypass for music.

It would be even better if it provided the video processing out of the 997 as well. It could have multiple HDMI inputs and output HDMI, DVI and possibly component.

I think that if we're talking about speaker development, I'd anticipate surrounds before floorstanders (even though the latter would probably be easier to develop) simply because that's the greater gap in the speaker product line. Either way, I doubt we're looking at a speaker announcement.
I'm looking over toward left field, but so far it's hard to see what's out there...

Perhaps they are going to open up a chain of movie theaters. You know OUTLAW CINEMAS... with the worlds most advanced cinematic audio setup bringing Trinnov technology to the masses. JK of course.

maybe Outlaw is going to offer a theater package system for high end consumers. Something similar to what Atlantic Technology and Epson did with the Ensemble 1080 back in 07.

What do you think? This would definitely be a new path for Outlaw.

http://www.ensemblehd.com/

Hey Peter,

The Lizard King, I can do anything here :-)

Outlaw Audio is a great HT company. Can you make your newest line better for Audio, 2 channel, not just surround?

Wish I knew enough about HT to add something meaty to the speculation. Outlaw's projection screen announcement really threw me. Back then, I'd suggested a universal player with a decent price point, but that's clearly OPPO's turf--as has been pointed out by Peter T himself.

What are we missing? :p

Before all of this speculation on new directions for Outlaw spins wildly out of control, we will, instead, become involved with something from another company. That being said, we will have an Outlaw twist on some interesting enhancements.

As for Outlaw branded products, we are working on four or five new offerings this year. Each one, including of course, the 997, is in various stages of development. All of these products speak to our core competency in areas where we already have a history.


Suffice it to say, that for this January announcement, most of us in Outlaw will want for ourselves what we will soon offer to our customers. Actually, one of us (not me) already has one and won’t part with it to have us “check” it. So, I too have to wait.

Peter